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city of san francisco has a transit first policy, that means$r; obtaining rights for anything other than the private automobile which includes bicyclists and we know thatg:n plan. the point is if you're eliminating parking as a reason that it's not good forkl8sn cars you've got to realize sfmta has reached out to create a newm÷ parking program for residential parking in the area, there's a lot of free and easy parkingkug in my opinion because i can find parking for a suburban that i use2
city of san francisco has a transit first policy, that means$r; obtaining rights for anything other than the private automobile which includes bicyclists and we know thatg:n plan. the point is if you're eliminating parking as a reason that it's not good forkl8sn cars you've got to realize sfmta has reached out to create a newm÷ parking program for residential parking in the area, there's a lot of free and easy parkingkug in my opinion because i can find parking for a suburban that i use2
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. >> tomorrow marks a year since the first round of the oakland demonstration. they say they're ready if there is. they point to progress like a downtown makeover and they say city pride will hopefully keep people from vandalizing businesses and leave the city in shambles. they say it is optimistic, but that mutual police aide is on standby. >> president obama is pulling an all-nighter. he made a stop in southern california for an appearance on t "the tonight show" with jay leno. the president greeted with a standing ovation from a packed audience. he talked about a wide range of topics near and dear to the bay area and in facebook. however, he refuses to endorse a team. one ot highlights from the night was when he was asked about the situation between him and donald trump. >> this all dates back from when we were growing up together in kenya? >> i've got to give you that one. >> you can hear more immediately following this newscast. giants fans have seen her at the ballpark for years. in fact, for decades. but as of tonight, the entire country saw the most famo
. >> tomorrow marks a year since the first round of the oakland demonstration. they say they're ready if there is. they point to progress like a downtown makeover and they say city pride will hopefully keep people from vandalizing businesses and leave the city in shambles. they say it is optimistic, but that mutual police aide is on standby. >> president obama is pulling an all-nighter. he made a stop in southern california for an appearance on t "the tonight show" with...
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the first of many i hope, and this is the broom to the city for the giants, the first ever. yes! congratulations on sweeping the world series championship. >> thank you mr. mayor. both the broom and the key will find a sacred place at at&t park because it belongs to the wonderful fans of the san francisco giants, the best fans in the world. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> well, we just saw him but i wanted to give a formal introduction to a guy that has meant so much to this franchise, who grew up in san francisco rooting for the giantses and become a critical part of this giants organization, the giants president laurence baer. [cheers and applause] >> welcome giants fans everywhere. hello to way back. look at this. wow! what do you say we make a habit of getting together like this every late october? what do you think? [cheers and applause] we all saw a lot of familiar faces and heard a lot of familiar voices on the parade route today. there were faces and voices which from february through october energized our players and coaches and manager and enabled them to bring home
the first of many i hope, and this is the broom to the city for the giants, the first ever. yes! congratulations on sweeping the world series championship. >> thank you mr. mayor. both the broom and the key will find a sacred place at at&t park because it belongs to the wonderful fans of the san francisco giants, the best fans in the world. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> well, we just saw him but i wanted to give a formal introduction to a guy that has meant so much to this...
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. >> narrator: obama arrived in chicago after the election of the city's first black mayor, harold washington. >> ...have joined hands to form a new democratic coalition... (applause and cheers) >> i think that the fact that chicago had elected an african-american mayor in harold washington sort of emphasized with barack that he was coming to a city where blacks were a major presence and had some significance. >> narrator: washington's politics were a living example of what obama was looking for. >> what washington was able to do was to put together these coalitions-- african-americans, latinos and progressive whites. and he was able to pull that together and beat the machine. >> god bless you all and thank you from the bottom of my heart. >> and that kind of coalition building was incredibly influential for barack. >> narrator: obama's laboratory would be the city's south side. >> we had put an ad in a number of newspapers for a community organizer in the south side of chicago. i'm looking for anybody who might be a good organizer, but i particularly need somebody who's african-american. >>
. >> narrator: obama arrived in chicago after the election of the city's first black mayor, harold washington. >> ...have joined hands to form a new democratic coalition... (applause and cheers) >> i think that the fact that chicago had elected an african-american mayor in harold washington sort of emphasized with barack that he was coming to a city where blacks were a major presence and had some significance. >> narrator: washington's politics were a living example of...
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president obama and governor romney both appeared in new york city and shared humor. first mr. romney talking about his debate preparation. >> biggest available straw man and then just messrs. my attack it. big bird didn't even see it coming. >> some of you may have noticed i had a lieutenant more energy in the second debate. i was rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >>reporter: 67th annual dinner wrists millions of dollars for needy children in new york. >> it's nice to see humor. >> exactly. >> let's go back and talk about the weather forecast. >> really warm tonight but changes are coming. sandy is here. >> indeed. big changes are coming. let's talk about the high for today. in case you are wondering how warm it got in your neighborhood 85 degrees in san francisco today. 80 in half moon bay and this was one of the cooler spots believe it or not. 90 in santa rosa. oakland 87 new record mav fit field 89 new record. 86 antioch. 92 in livermore toda today. and 88 degrees in san jose. it was warm to hot today and as we now check out a time lapse you will see
president obama and governor romney both appeared in new york city and shared humor. first mr. romney talking about his debate preparation. >> biggest available straw man and then just messrs. my attack it. big bird didn't even see it coming. >> some of you may have noticed i had a lieutenant more energy in the second debate. i was rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >>reporter: 67th annual dinner wrists millions of dollars for needy children in new york....
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first responders reportedly smelled some sort of chemical as soon as they arrived on the scene. now the fire department is working to clear the chemicals. the red cross is assisting people who were evacuated. the area shut down to traffic. this is a developing situation. we will update as we get new details. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the giants' playoff run. the bay area is abuzz with excitement as the giants prepare to play game six of the national league championship series tomorrow. thanks in large part to pitcher barry zito who led the team to victory last night. as nbc bay area's kimberly tere found. >> reporter: the giants arrived home layoff last night. winning game five in the national league championship series. the giants need to win tomorrow and then monday to make it into the world series against detroit. >> they're going to take the whole thing. they're going to do it here. >> reporter: many fans say the strength of the team has a lot to do with the bull pen and credit barry zito with keeping the season alive. the 34-year-old has gotten some criticism fo
first responders reportedly smelled some sort of chemical as soon as they arrived on the scene. now the fire department is working to clear the chemicals. the red cross is assisting people who were evacuated. the area shut down to traffic. this is a developing situation. we will update as we get new details. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the giants' playoff run. the bay area is abuzz with excitement as the giants prepare to play game six of the national league championship...
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president obama and governor romney both appeared in new york city and shared humor. first mr. romney talking about his debate preparation. >> biggest available straw man and then just messrs. my attack it. big bird didn't even see it coming. >> some of you may have noticed i had a lieutenant more energy in the second debate. i was rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >>reporter: 67th annual dinner wrists millions of dollars for needy children in new york. >> it's nice to see humor. >> exactly. >> let's go back and talk about the weather forecast. >> really warm tonight but changes are coming. sandy is here. >> indeed. big changes are coming. let's talk about the high for today. in case you are wondering how warm it got in your neighborhood 85 degrees in san francisco today. 80 in half moon bay and this was one of the cooler spots believe it or not. 90 in santa rosa. oakland 87 new record mav fit field 89 new record. 86 antioch. 92 in livermore toda today. and 88 degrees in san jose. it was warm to hot today and as we now check out a time lapse you will see
president obama and governor romney both appeared in new york city and shared humor. first mr. romney talking about his debate preparation. >> biggest available straw man and then just messrs. my attack it. big bird didn't even see it coming. >> some of you may have noticed i had a lieutenant more energy in the second debate. i was rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >>reporter: 67th annual dinner wrists millions of dollars for needy children in new york....
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if you can't, reach out to authorities like those in my city to help get you into a shelter. but this is going to be a very difficult, very long time. and the best advantage we have is the common sense, intelligence and forward-thinking of our community. >> suarez: newark is a pretty densely populated place. it's got a lot of multiple dwellings. also a lot of elderly and low-income people. are there any special challenges that come with your particular profile during a national disaster like this one? >> you know, absolutely. urban areas are often areas that bring a lot of homeless folks for the resources, transportation and so we spanned out earlier today to identify places where homeless folks congregate and move them into shelters. we have people that are heavily reliant on public transportati transportation. that obviously was shut down in the state of new jersey hours ago. so it always puts the burden on us to be a far more proactive and assist people. frankly this is what i like about the spirit of my city is during times of crisis it's good to see everybody helping oth
if you can't, reach out to authorities like those in my city to help get you into a shelter. but this is going to be a very difficult, very long time. and the best advantage we have is the common sense, intelligence and forward-thinking of our community. >> suarez: newark is a pretty densely populated place. it's got a lot of multiple dwellings. also a lot of elderly and low-income people. are there any special challenges that come with your particular profile during a national disaster...
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president obama and governor romney both appeared in new york city and shared humor. first mr. romney talking about his debate preparation. >> biggest available straw man and then just messrs. my attack it. big bird didn't even see it coming. >> some of you may have noticed i had a lieutenant more energy in the second debate. i was rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >>reporter: 67th annual dinner wrists millions of dollars for needy children in new york. >> it's nice to see humor. >> exactly. >> let's go back and talk about the weather forecast. >> really warm tonight but changes are coming. sandy is here. >> indeed. big changes are coming. let's talk about the high for today. in case you are wondering how warm it got in your neighborhood 85 degrees in san francisco today. 80 in half moon bay and this was one of the cooler spots believe it or not. 90 in santa rosa. oakland 87 new record mav fit field 89 new record. 86 antioch. 92 in livermore toda today. and 88 degrees in san jose. it was warm to hot today and as we now check out a time lapse you will see
president obama and governor romney both appeared in new york city and shared humor. first mr. romney talking about his debate preparation. >> biggest available straw man and then just messrs. my attack it. big bird didn't even see it coming. >> some of you may have noticed i had a lieutenant more energy in the second debate. i was rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >>reporter: 67th annual dinner wrists millions of dollars for needy children in new york....
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city also rank first nationwide in violent robbery. detroit no. 1 on the list. stockton comes in at no. 8. forbes blames stockton financial problems for the violence there. of course it was at the very beginning of the housing crisis. >>> all right let's talk to spencer about the forecast f.we have a real storm come. >> with he do indeed. looks like will hold off most of the weekend but here before the weekend ends. live view right now from our high definition roof top camera. looking at embarcadero center and you can see a little l mist in the sky there. we have low clouds around much of the bay area especially near the coast line reaching out across the bay. let's look at that by way of live doppler 7 hd. clouds all along the coast line here pushing out over parts of the peninsula. some of it having pushed across the east bay. much of the inland area though up in the north bay inland east bay and south bay clear skies at the moment so we call it generally partly cloudy rate now. pretty mild temperature readings 57 degrees in san francisco. also up in santa ros
city also rank first nationwide in violent robbery. detroit no. 1 on the list. stockton comes in at no. 8. forbes blames stockton financial problems for the violence there. of course it was at the very beginning of the housing crisis. >>> all right let's talk to spencer about the forecast f.we have a real storm come. >> with he do indeed. looks like will hold off most of the weekend but here before the weekend ends. live view right now from our high definition roof top camera....
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only the city location of google. you do have to register first. i have the website there in the white on the screen. you see it, www.openco.us. go out and take a look. alcoa always kicks it off. we'll hear from companies closer to home like apple. let's turn to courtney live at cnbc world headquarters this morning. >> hi, good morning. futures are a little lower after we saw stocks fall sharply yesterday. investors brace for earnings. alcoa did report better than expected results last night. the aluminum maker did cut demand forecasts, noting the slowdown in china. the dow fell 110 points to 13473. the nasdaq dropped 47 points to 3065. walmart is taking on amazon, promising same day delivery in some cities for items bought online. it cost $10 no matter what the size of the order. products will be shipped straight from walmart stores. the company will add the service in san jose and san francisco later this month after rolling it out last week in philadelphia and northern virginia as a test. the test will run through the holidays. scott. >> all rig
only the city location of google. you do have to register first. i have the website there in the white on the screen. you see it, www.openco.us. go out and take a look. alcoa always kicks it off. we'll hear from companies closer to home like apple. let's turn to courtney live at cnbc world headquarters this morning. >> hi, good morning. futures are a little lower after we saw stocks fall sharply yesterday. investors brace for earnings. alcoa did report better than expected results last...
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with even some near daly city and some offshore with the san mateo area. this is the type of shower activity that we will see, overnight. spotty, light. out there, mainly cloud coverage and chilly. it does not look like we are going to see anything heavy. the satellite and ritter most of his estate to the north. we will see the increase in cloud coverage. and some wheat board shower for the overnight hours. isolated showers and even some locations would be chilly. clearing skies with warmer temperatures. and this warming trend for the weekend. with your forecast even for game no. 2, coming up. >> justine is live at the dugout. >> this is the official shirt that everybody wants it says san francisco giants. and the other team on the bottom. people have been lining up for hours to get their hand on anything that said world series. i was here earlier to the dugout at at&t park. just so i could see. people were lining up the store was packed. they wanted anything, a t-shirt, sweatshirt, hat, a dog collar, if it said the world series they wanted it. and why not
with even some near daly city and some offshore with the san mateo area. this is the type of shower activity that we will see, overnight. spotty, light. out there, mainly cloud coverage and chilly. it does not look like we are going to see anything heavy. the satellite and ritter most of his estate to the north. we will see the increase in cloud coverage. and some wheat board shower for the overnight hours. isolated showers and even some locations would be chilly. clearing skies with warmer...
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the key thing is we want to make sure everyone is safe and that our first responders are safe and the public. so, you know, when dealing with large crowds like this we want them to enjoy themselves and celebrate and have their moment in the city but we want to make sure no one is injured in the process. >> absolutely. >> that is the most important thing. >> you let us know how many police officers you have? what the plan is for the evening. >> our team what a no discretionary time off. we have quite a few officers that have been working throughout the world series. we are ewing all of the resources available and we are working with the department of works, as well and our fire department and other allied agencies that assist us. >> one more question for you, carlos. you know, we talked about the parade two year ago and the parade coming up. obviously you have to prepare for that, pe police department has to prepare for that. it was incredible to have that many team out there and if i remember correctly there wasn't a single arrest that day and we are hoping for the same thing and you
the key thing is we want to make sure everyone is safe and that our first responders are safe and the public. so, you know, when dealing with large crowds like this we want them to enjoy themselves and celebrate and have their moment in the city but we want to make sure no one is injured in the process. >> absolutely. >> that is the most important thing. >> you let us know how many police officers you have? what the plan is for the evening. >> our team what a no...
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first time. >> and the legislation the president is pushing for this morning . >> and first a check on traffic. a look outside. that's 280 in san jose. no major problems to report. they had the double fatal early this morning. southbound and don't forget the san mateo bridge is closed. ís ?ó???óóñ . >>> good morning. bird's eye view over san rafael. covered in clouds, we have low 50s in the forecast. we have partly cloudy skies and mild weather for the afternoon. >> people in oregon have made an arrest in the murder of a starbucks worker who went missing on year way to work. jonathan holt lived in the same complex as the 21-year-old. they knew each other. the body was found last night in a wooded area ending a four day search. >> when contacted he voluntarily came to the police department for an interview. during this interview with holt detectives determined he was a friend of the couple and lived in the same apartment complex. about the same time. >> dna evidence helped identity him as the
first time. >> and the legislation the president is pushing for this morning . >> and first a check on traffic. a look outside. that's 280 in san jose. no major problems to report. they had the double fatal early this morning. southbound and don't forget the san mateo bridge is closed. ís ?ó???óóñ . >>> good morning. bird's eye view over san rafael. covered in clouds, we have low 50s in the forecast. we have partly cloudy skies and mild weather for the afternoon....
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. >>> a spanish emerging program is in the works for the santa rosa city schools. it's an opportunity for english speaking students to learn english. it's a goal to have 90 students participate in the first year. >>> let's get you going now. sal everybody behaving on highway 24? >> i like to say so. i would give it a b plus. good morning everyone and let's go outside and take a look at highway 4 westbound. that traffic here looks good. you see the sign on the right. not that bad right now. should take you about 15 or 20 minutes through the tunnel. not bad from oakland. if you are driving after that into oakland on 580 it looks good. that's northbound 880 on the right hand side. in san jose, still a little beth of -- bit of crowding in the mountains. not a bad commute. let go to steve. >>> game two weather looks pretty much like game one. low cloud deck will be gone and temperatures will be slightly warmer. still beautiful game time yesterday and it looks just as good today. still a little breeze. sometimes if you're on the third deck it can get drizzle. partly to m
. >>> a spanish emerging program is in the works for the santa rosa city schools. it's an opportunity for english speaking students to learn english. it's a goal to have 90 students participate in the first year. >>> let's get you going now. sal everybody behaving on highway 24? >> i like to say so. i would give it a b plus. good morning everyone and let's go outside and take a look at highway 4 westbound. that traffic here looks good. you see the sign on the right. not...
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i think it is off somewhere one of the first cities, i think the only city, and has put together a working group around the sharing economy. we are the epicenter in san francisco. we have a role to help nurture the emerging space. there is a lot of value to be created here. i am really excited to be part of the panel seeing all of these great people next to me. >> the people on the panel are going to tell us about their companies. let's come straight down the line. >> i am a co-founder and ceo of viable, a community marketplace for travel experiences. anybody can offer their services to others as a guide, offering touristrs, sailing ships, cookig class. we have enabled terrorism -- tourism to access parts of the city it had never before accessed. restoring murals for example. we launched in 2011. we have been going for about a year. we're proud to be launched in san francisco and growing the platform here. >> i am the founder of a company called task rabbit, an online marketplace for people to outsource jobs to others. if you need dry cleaning pickup or groceries delivered, you can post th
i think it is off somewhere one of the first cities, i think the only city, and has put together a working group around the sharing economy. we are the epicenter in san francisco. we have a role to help nurture the emerging space. there is a lot of value to be created here. i am really excited to be part of the panel seeing all of these great people next to me. >> the people on the panel are going to tell us about their companies. let's come straight down the line. >> i am a...
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, and when we call ourselves a city as a transit first city there is no better example than that than what is reflected in the plans for the central subway. this project is a vital enhancement of our public transportation system. it's going to significantly improve the movement of tens of thousands of franciscans and if you were here this past weekend when people were predicting it would be jam san francisco instead of san francisco you knew that folks were educated because of the great leadership at our mta, our county transportation, all of our transit systems and were at the highest level of educating the visitors and others to use public transportation. it will work for all of us and as we build the housing units we identified in hunter's point and treasure island and welcome more people to our great city and we are growing as a result. we are going to have the greatest subway system that can connect to our bart, to our caltrans, to up and down our muni lines. this central subway will be a great success. it will connect to some of the most densely populated and rapidly developing
, and when we call ourselves a city as a transit first city there is no better example than that than what is reflected in the plans for the central subway. this project is a vital enhancement of our public transportation system. it's going to significantly improve the movement of tens of thousands of franciscans and if you were here this past weekend when people were predicting it would be jam san francisco instead of san francisco you knew that folks were educated because of the great...
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or, serious actions will happen this is not the first time that this is been enacted by oakland in 2007 buy operation cease-fire. it did not work last time and do you think that it will work this time? >> yes. we've feel that we cannot have a response last time but we do this time >> and oakland, kron 4 news. >> the san bruno city council will decide weather to pass a cpu chairman he feels that he did not do enough to prevent the gas line explosion. and he took the stage today in san jose to show the ipad mini coming up, more details. >>pam: it is looking like winter already in the sierras. we will take you there. >>pam: police and some are h -- this attempted car o highest of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of computer chips. jeff bush explains what happened. >> a father and son had just picked up computer chips of $170,000 in san jose. the son drove the truck and the other followed in his car. the father noticed that two cars seemed to be falling. he thought it was strange but the rip--falling. near east grand ave. they thought that he was following the son who was driving. how
or, serious actions will happen this is not the first time that this is been enacted by oakland in 2007 buy operation cease-fire. it did not work last time and do you think that it will work this time? >> yes. we've feel that we cannot have a response last time but we do this time >> and oakland, kron 4 news. >> the san bruno city council will decide weather to pass a cpu chairman he feels that he did not do enough to prevent the gas line explosion. and he took the stage today...
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they were born in 1967, as i mentioned before, the first in the nation for a city to develop such things. we have four physical buildings, as part of the cultural centers, one in the western addition, one in the bayview, one in mission, and one in south of market. and we have two virtual centers that are located in the south of market building. the charter says that the arts commission is to promote neighborhood arts programs, keep them open, make them continually accessible, and have ties with those programs, with the community. and annually the board of supervisors allocates funds to maintain, operate, and provide security for these cultural centers. and there is an obligation to repair and to maintain them. we were somewhat pleased that in recent days the capital planning committee have submitted a budget which deals with this in some way. and we just hope that those kinds of funds for capital improvements to buildings that are in great need to be rehabilitated will continue, as such as possible. we recommend that the arts commission find its way to engage local communities that are b
they were born in 1967, as i mentioned before, the first in the nation for a city to develop such things. we have four physical buildings, as part of the cultural centers, one in the western addition, one in the bayview, one in mission, and one in south of market. and we have two virtual centers that are located in the south of market building. the charter says that the arts commission is to promote neighborhood arts programs, keep them open, make them continually accessible, and have ties with...
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i think cities are where a lot of the opportunity lies, and why we are proud san francisco is the first city in the world to recognize this and to work collaboratively with all of us. >> [inaudible] >> [inaudible] >> what is that? >> this is one thing we have thought about not necessarily actually creating a new currency, but as far as our platfo
i think cities are where a lot of the opportunity lies, and why we are proud san francisco is the first city in the world to recognize this and to work collaboratively with all of us. >> [inaudible] >> [inaudible] >> what is that? >> this is one thing we have thought about not necessarily actually creating a new currency, but as far as our platfo
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the mta which is the agency in san francisco responsible for implementing the city's transit first policy. in order to implement that policy, there's two key things we need, we need strong leadership and innovation and what we're seeing today is the manifestation of just that in san francisco. what we need to do as the government and the transportation agency is make sure there are good choices available to people in terms of how they get around san francisco. we want people to feel like they don't need to get in their car, they don't want to get in their car, maybe like supervisor chiu and i, they don't own a car because there are other good options for them to get around san francisco and there are ways they can get around that aren't going to clog our streets with traffic or fill our air with pollution, and i think scoot represents just one of those options and we're very happy to welcome them to san francisco, we're happy to do our small part in facilitating their launch here, i want to thank our director of off street parking manages all the mta parking garages and lots, we want to b
the mta which is the agency in san francisco responsible for implementing the city's transit first policy. in order to implement that policy, there's two key things we need, we need strong leadership and innovation and what we're seeing today is the manifestation of just that in san francisco. what we need to do as the government and the transportation agency is make sure there are good choices available to people in terms of how they get around san francisco. we want people to feel like they...
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the first city in the world to have that kind of data available. >> other cities can take elements of sfpark and implement it in the cities. los angeles is working on it. berkeley is working on a project. washington, d.c. is, too. cities are looking at parking management differently than the have in the past. >> later this year, we are gathering all the data we need to evaluate rigorously all our expectations of how this can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, congestion, improve transit speed, reliability, reduc. [applause] >> good evening. i'm the director of transportation. for me, this is not the academy awards. this is the all-star game. the folks sitting over here are truly the all stars of the city. i've had an opportunity to work with ed, harlan, and jocelyn. behalf of all of us. we are also very lucky to have a bunch of people from sfmta, many of them are here. my job is to introduce the awardees. please join me and give a hand for jay primus, george reynolds, steven lee, and lorraine fuqua. >> thank you. this is a tremendous honor. it really does feel fabulous to be recognized.
the first city in the world to have that kind of data available. >> other cities can take elements of sfpark and implement it in the cities. los angeles is working on it. berkeley is working on a project. washington, d.c. is, too. cities are looking at parking management differently than the have in the past. >> later this year, we are gathering all the data we need to evaluate rigorously all our expectations of how this can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, congestion, improve...
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we have introduced, as the first city in the united states, neighborhood cultural centers, as a reflection of not only dealing with art, but making sure that art is focused in the neighborhoods. we really want our community to have the opportunity to participate, to deal with, and actually to become involved with art development. recently the city has found its way to make sure that at least 2% of every new construction in city buildings is preserved for art. and this is kind of an extraordinary thing for a city of our size to do. as a result, we have a wide array of lots of cultural and artistic venues for people to take advantage of. >> i wanted to let sfgtv, we have a powerpoint. >> yes, we do. but i'm not quite ready to use it yet but i will hit that button in just a moment. thank you for reminding me. the reputation and promise of the arts commission has been tarnished recently. and i think by looking at our report and reading it, you get a clear indication of how what was to be an extraordinary part of our art community has found itself faced with a variety of challenges and criticis
we have introduced, as the first city in the united states, neighborhood cultural centers, as a reflection of not only dealing with art, but making sure that art is focused in the neighborhoods. we really want our community to have the opportunity to participate, to deal with, and actually to become involved with art development. recently the city has found its way to make sure that at least 2% of every new construction in city buildings is preserved for art. and this is kind of an...
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. >>> just into our newsroom, oakland is the first u.s. city to offer combination government i.d.s and bank cards to all citizens. city council members voted to give the final go ahead during tonight's session. all residents can get a card. the debit card fax function keeps people from having to carry cash. the cards will roll out in 60 to 90 days. the price will be a one-time fee of $10 for minors and senior citizens and $15 for adults. richmond is considering a similar program. >>> it was standing room only at milpitas city council meeting. the topic, outsourcing the police department. citizens attended to tell the mayor why they don't think it will work for their city. when the community found out they turned to facebook to gather support against that idea. >> we kind of have become the face of the community. and as a result of that, we've heard a lot of feedback from people that they want to keep those kind of services in this community. >> i have no idea what your financial situations are, where you are looking for money. but do not t
. >>> just into our newsroom, oakland is the first u.s. city to offer combination government i.d.s and bank cards to all citizens. city council members voted to give the final go ahead during tonight's session. all residents can get a card. the debit card fax function keeps people from having to carry cash. the cards will roll out in 60 to 90 days. the price will be a one-time fee of $10 for minors and senior citizens and $15 for adults. richmond is considering a similar program....
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so i'm very much concerned that this is - is -- could be a first amendment issue with how this is implemented that -- because it is a little strange that this is being handled by a transit agency, rather than the police or a city hall department that does this. so i'd appreciate it if you have these questions answered or that you've gotten full support from small outfits that don't have a lot of money or just a few employees versus others such as the chronicle that have lots of money. th9- you. >> chairman nolan: thank you. next speaker. >> david pilpel is the last person who has turned in a speaker card. >> david pilpel on 10.6. i won't repeat comments from 10.5 but will state this is an oral request for public information under the sunshine ordinance for all documents old0+bú definitions of the medin general. but i just want to conclude again by saying that there's no explanation as to why the be used to ex-calculate those costs which for a fee recovery basis cannot exceed the cost of providing the service and there are circumstances under which using the indexing formula such a fee would
so i'm very much concerned that this is - is -- could be a first amendment issue with how this is implemented that -- because it is a little strange that this is being handled by a transit agency, rather than the police or a city hall department that does this. so i'd appreciate it if you have these questions answered or that you've gotten full support from small outfits that don't have a lot of money or just a few employees versus others such as the chronicle that have lots of money. th9-...
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as rich mentioned the first pace bond for the city of san francisco the first project to receive qbce interest rates report and the first and unique public, private collaboration between the city, the port, the puc, the lodges the johnson controls and we are very excited to participate in this project. that concludes my report. thank you. >> is there any public comment? >> very well. commissioners? >> i just... i for one am very excited as a big proponent for solar power and energy efficientcy. thank you both for all of the hard work on this. >> ditto. >> yeah, i think that we all feel the same, so thank you very much. >> okay. item 9 d, request authorization to issue a request to proposals to rehab tait and retenant the pier 38 bulkhead building located on delancey street and embarcadero. >> my name is john doll and i promise to be brief. this is a follow up to an information item that was presented two weeks ago. regarding a staff recommendation for a selection process for the pier 38 rehabilitation project. at that time, port commissioners provided input with this selection process
as rich mentioned the first pace bond for the city of san francisco the first project to receive qbce interest rates report and the first and unique public, private collaboration between the city, the port, the puc, the lodges the johnson controls and we are very excited to participate in this project. that concludes my report. thank you. >> is there any public comment? >> very well. commissioners? >> i just... i for one am very excited as a big proponent for solar power and...
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this is the first for san francisco but i know l.a. has one. maybe they will open up a second one and chicago and seattle and we are glad to be joining the city stores and congratulations and as mayors do and this today is city target day in san francisco. [applause] >> thank you mayor lee. we are honored by your kind words and partnership, and now i would like to introduce anne wilson, president of united way bay area to come up and say a few words. >> thank you steven. this is a really great celebration want congratulations to you and congratulations to west field and congratulations to the city and congratulations to all your teammates who are here that have great jobs with a great company and as the united way target is a partner not just here in the bay area but all across this country. target teammates participate in the community and with many nonprofits and last year teammates give over $15 million to the local united ways and that is no exception here in the bay area. we value the partnership greatly. congratulations on 50 years. the b
this is the first for san francisco but i know l.a. has one. maybe they will open up a second one and chicago and seattle and we are glad to be joining the city stores and congratulations and as mayors do and this today is city target day in san francisco. [applause] >> thank you mayor lee. we are honored by your kind words and partnership, and now i would like to introduce anne wilson, president of united way bay area to come up and say a few words. >> thank you steven. this is a...
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it's high time that whenever balboa station is mentioned, you are really a transit-first city, we connect balboa train station with visitation valley. the second point i want to make is on this so-so called mobility study. new right, the transportation system especially any of the buses that go up to hunter's point is very precarious. and this has been going on for many, many years. over 15 years. but in the last three years, it's despicable. you do not know who are the focus groups gathering to talk about some mobility program, but as far as the really plight of the people, something has to be done. and that's one of the ways where [inaudible] is fostered. the sfcta, loves to talk the talk, but cannot walk the walk. finally, i saw this thing in the bus that you be a czar for a day and now to the year 12-2040, you can spend $64 billion. we are not dealing with monopoly and those type of gimmicks. it's a shame our streets are pathetic. our transportation has to be tweaked and we have to be serious about our roads and transportation system. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. is th
it's high time that whenever balboa station is mentioned, you are really a transit-first city, we connect balboa train station with visitation valley. the second point i want to make is on this so-so called mobility study. new right, the transportation system especially any of the buses that go up to hunter's point is very precarious. and this has been going on for many, many years. over 15 years. but in the last three years, it's despicable. you do not know who are the focus groups gathering...
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so, our approach to car sharing reflects the understanding that it does advance the city's transit first policy. it also reflects the fact that it's largely a private sector activity, therefore it's one that's for very small, if any investment from the public sector, we get all those significant transportation and environmental benefits. so, it's something that we want to embrace and facilitate. supervisor wiener made reference to the fact that parking is a big issue with regard to car sharing and parking is something that we regulate. so, that's a part of the equation where the sfmta can be helpful in either passively or actively facilitating more car-sharing. and you may hear also from the car-share companies that when they come to speak, that parking is a significant challenge and it's why they often hit roadblocks. so, where we can -- one way that we can best work to facilitate car sharing is by using parking policy to make more parking available for car sharing vehicles which in turn would make more car sharing available to members of the public. so, we are looking at our current pa
so, our approach to car sharing reflects the understanding that it does advance the city's transit first policy. it also reflects the fact that it's largely a private sector activity, therefore it's one that's for very small, if any investment from the public sector, we get all those significant transportation and environmental benefits. so, it's something that we want to embrace and facilitate. supervisor wiener made reference to the fact that parking is a big issue with regard to car sharing...
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and ladies and gentlemen it is my honor to welcome you to the official city celebration honoring your 2012 world series champions san francisco giants. now, as we gather together as a community today to celebrate this joyous occasion we do want to take a moment first to recognize those impacted by hurricane sandy and mourn the lives loft from this disaster. of course the giants share a deep history with new york and our prayers go out to everyone on the east coast affected by this disaster and the red cross in those regions they really need our help everybody and we encourage you to donate for the relief fund at red cross .org and the giants players are going to make donations and the giants' organization is going to match the donations by the employers. just think everybody here today and 1 dollar from all of us. that can really help and donate at red cross .org and we thank you for your generosity. it was just two years ago that we captured the championship since moving to san francisco and i think we're happy we didn't have to wait until 52 years. [cheers and applause] we've got an
and ladies and gentlemen it is my honor to welcome you to the official city celebration honoring your 2012 world series champions san francisco giants. now, as we gather together as a community today to celebrate this joyous occasion we do want to take a moment first to recognize those impacted by hurricane sandy and mourn the lives loft from this disaster. of course the giants share a deep history with new york and our prayers go out to everyone on the east coast affected by this disaster and...
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so we're the first city in the country to appoint in the mayor's office a chief innovative officer, jane app, who is behind the work here today and jay is helping me cause a link that has never happened before with the technology companies. there are so many here and i need to talk with them and, in fact he has given me great advice to make sure every tuesday i do a tour of one of these companies. >> oh, great. >> so i have done that religiousy ever single week since i have been here and it's marvelous. >> every tuesday you go to a tech company? >> it's tech tuesday. >> who has the best goodies that you have seen? >> [ laughter ] they all have. whether you go to the twitter rooftop. >> twitter is out of control. >> yes and they have the video of the dome of city hall. >>
so we're the first city in the country to appoint in the mayor's office a chief innovative officer, jane app, who is behind the work here today and jay is helping me cause a link that has never happened before with the technology companies. there are so many here and i need to talk with them and, in fact he has given me great advice to make sure every tuesday i do a tour of one of these companies. >> oh, great. >> so i have done that religiousy ever single week since i have been...
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and of those 712, 235 are from ctip one area, from the area of the city with the lowest average test scores, so it gives it a high level, for afternoon as to early education, and is it to private after school? is it to something else? which areas are the cities where the children live in. as we prepare the data we will break this down, to answer your question, to which schools and which after school programs and just kind of map it out in a more accessible way. >> okay. >> so we are going to continue to give transportation to 286 students, to private after school programs, is that what i am reading? >> that is correct. >> and that... these are the highest needs students? this c-tip areas, represent sort of the highest? >> one is the highest. >> c-tip one represents the highest. right? and then it diminishes in need as we go to the higher numbers. >> well the board's policy guidelines were that we should redesign the transportation services in order to provide equitable access in particular for children who live in the city with the lowest average test scores, opportunities to go to s
and of those 712, 235 are from ctip one area, from the area of the city with the lowest average test scores, so it gives it a high level, for afternoon as to early education, and is it to private after school? is it to something else? which areas are the cities where the children live in. as we prepare the data we will break this down, to answer your question, to which schools and which after school programs and just kind of map it out in a more accessible way. >> okay. >> so we are...